Technology
IBM Roadrunner dethroaned as worlds most powerful computer
In 2008, the IBM Roadrunner was featured on this blog as the then world’s fastest computer. Now, according to the latest semiannual TOP500 list of the world’s most powerful supercomputers, the “Jaguar” takes first place. With a staggering peak speed of 2.33 petaflops (over two thousand trillion calculations per second), “Jaguar,” located at Oak Ridge Leadership [...]
How Augmented Reality (AR) is changing our world.
Although AR has been around for some time, new developments and applications of the technology keeps pushing the boundaries of merging the physical real-world environment with virtual computer generated imagery. Many of us have heard about AR but are still somewhat uncertain as to what it exactly entails and what it actually does.
I found an [...]
Will 2010 be the year of the tablet PC?
Many technology companies are rumored to be working on tablet computers; companies such as Asustek, Dell, Microsoft, Apple and the like. Well, that’s according to PCWorld who takes a closer look at the rumors. My take is that if there is any truth in the rumors, our trend-following nature will suck is into yet another [...]
Is it possible to hide in the digital age?
Gone! He told no one his plans; not his girlfriend, or his parents, or his friends. No one knew where he was going, or his new name. He left no hints. If anyone found him, it would be because of his own mistakes…Evan Ratliff went on the run with Wired readers trying to track him [...]
Are you ready for the Wave?
Google is about to change the face of the email inbox with their new product, Wave.
Google Wave is a new model for communication and collaboration on the web, coming later this year.
Wave is a web-based application that merges multiple forms of communication and collaboration, including chat, mail and wikis, into a unified interface. Everything inside [...]
Google’s Android: First open and free mobile platform
I came across Wired’s article “Google’s Open Source Android OS Will Free the Wireless Web” today that provides an expose of the birth of the project through to its current status. Google is positioning itself with the increasing demand of people’s preference to connect with each other and everything else via their mobile phones. Hence [...]
World's fastest computer
A USA government computer in New Mexico is the first supercomputer to perform at one petaflop (one thousand trillion calculations per second). Designed and built by IBM, the Roadrunner uses both traditional computer chips and the Cell Broadband Engine. The cell processor was originally designed for video game consoles such as the Sony Playstation 3.
Roadrunner [...]
Innovative microfinance business model brings financial services to the poor
Kiva, a US-based company, initiated an innovative bussiness model that applies Internet technology to bring financial services to the poor. It’s creation of an online marketplace for lenders and borrowers has led to explosive growth of over 30% per month since the websites founding in 2005.
In essence Kiva lets you lend to a specific entrepreneur [...]
Sunlight to Petrol
As the quest for finding alternative sources of energy and ways to combat global warming mounts, a research team from Sandia National Laboratories in Albuquerque, New Mexico is building a prototype device intended to chemically “reenergise” carbon dioxide into carbon monoxide using concentrated solar energy to reverse combustion.
The carbon monoxide could then be used to [...]
Wired’s Top 10 Gadgets of 2007
My daily “top-10-fix” was found at Wired with an article by Rob Beschizza on the year’s top 10 gadgets. The summit of the 2007 mountain of new gadgets are:
10. Optimus Maximus Keyboard - keybord
9. HP Blackbird 002 – desktop gaming tower
8. Zune 2 – portable media player
7. Amazon Kindle – e-reader
6. Asus Eee PC – laptop
5. [...]
